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Radiation exposure alters DNA methylation in Brassicaceae

Genome-wide DNA methylation changes occur in two Brassicaceae species along a radiation gradient near Chernobyl and Fukushima, indicating an association between environmental radiation and plant methylomes.

Confidence
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Evidence Quote

“Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in two Brassicaceae species sampled alongside a radiation gradient”

Relationship

Environmental radiation exposure alters Brassicaceae genome-wide DNA methylation

Arguments

Environmental radiation exposuresubject
Brassicaceae genome-wide DNA methylationobject

Connections (2)

Environmental radiation exposure triggers epigenetic DNA methylation responses in plantsInferenceChain
Gamma radiation does not alter CHH methylation contextAssociation

Evidence

“Reference to Horemans et al. (2018) reporting genome-wide DNA methylation changes in two Brassicaceae species along a radiation gradient near Chernobyl and Fukushima.”

Horemans, N. et al. (2018). Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in two Brassicaceae species sampled alongside a radiation gradient in Chernobyl and Fukushima doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.07.012 ↗

“Rashydov & Hajduch (2015) advance the identification of differentially abundant proteins in plants growing in a radio-contaminated environment as part of the Chernobyl seed project.”

Rashydov, N. M. & Hajduch, M. (2015). Chernobyl seed project. Advances in the identification of differentially abundant proteins in a radio-contaminated environment doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00493 ↗